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The American School of the Air gets better and better every year. The dramatizations presented daily and particularly Dorothy Gordon's delightful music every Thursday are well-liked. Mr. Paley may well be proud of this feature.
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The Chesterfield program has slipped in recent months and especially the last few weeks. The orchestra becomes noisier with every broadcast and Rosa Ponselle is a disappointment as a radio artist. Her voice has a constant vibration which is annoying, and true to the tradition of opera singers who have preceded her to the microphone, she sings selections for which her voice is not suited. The result is unfortunate. The brightest spot on the half hour is David Ross and the modest, convincing commercial credits.
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Dorothy Thompson is a welcome addition to the program conducted by Claudine Macdonald. We'd like to hear her every week instead of twice a month.
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We could hardly believe our eyes when we read that Beatrice Fairfax is going to give advice to the lovelorn on the Columbia network. Between The Voice of Experience and this new feature CBS seems to be cornering the market on silly women who like to have their love affairs solved confidentially with an audience of only a few million people.
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Pierre Coleman's "A Dog and His Boy" is as different as the title would indicate. It is on Station WINS every Saturday morning and will probably be on a network one of these days. Judging from the few broadcasts we have heard it should be.
The most popular woman on the air today, bar none, is Martha Deane, despite the fact that there are sections of the country which do not even get a chance to hear her. Her assistant, Vincent Connolly, is always mentioned by the Deane enthusiasts, too. Nice team work on that program. We think its popularity is based on its naturalness and sincerity. The listeners get the impression that Miss Deane is speaking to them just as she would if she were holding a personal conversation with each across a tea table. Maybe it's our imagination but we think WOR has an intimate atmosphere anyway.
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We are glad to note that the Ford Sunday night concerts have been steadily improving. Particularly outstanding was the program on March 15th.
"The Magic of Speech" is another feature on a long list of sustainers for which NBC should be heartily commended. The dramas staged by Vida Sutton to put over her points are entertaining as well as educational.
"Forever Young," a charming serial, has the dubious honor of having the most nerve-racking commercial credits on the air at present. Not even Lady Esther
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